2 Chronicles 25:1

Amasias was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem, the name of his mother was Joadan of Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

In Context

2And he did what was good in the sight of the Lord: but yet not with a perfect heart.

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Cross References

2 Kings 14:1In the second year of Joas son of Joachaz, king of Israel, reigned Amasias son of Joas king of Juda.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 25:1

Amaziah's reign, recorded in this chapter, was not one of the worse and yet for from good. Most of the passages in this chapter we had before more briefly related, 2 Kings xiv. Here we find Amaziah, I. A just revenger of his father's death, ver. 1-4 . II. An obedient observer of the command of God, ver. 5-10 . III. A cruel conqueror of the Edomites, ver. 11-13 . IV. A foolish worshipper of the gods of Edom and impatient of reproof for it, ver. 14-16 . V. Rashly challenging the king of Israel, and smarting for his… Read the whole commentary →

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